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Leah Galton

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/3/2014
  • Sport
    Women's Soccer
  • Bio
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Hempstead, N.Y. – Monday marked a day of multiple awards for junior forward Leah Galton, who was named the GoHofstra Student-Athlete of the Week and the Big Apple Soccer Women's College Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.

Galton recorded her second consecutive hat trick for the Pride in a 3-0 win versus Towson on Sunday in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship quarterfinals at Hofstra Soccer Stadium. Galton won the Big Apple Soccer award last week when she netted her first career hat trick in Hofstra's 4-2 win over Delaware in the regular season finale.

With six goals in her last two games, Galton helped the third-seeded Pride advance to the semifinals against second-seeded James Madison on Friday at 3 p.m. on Northeastern's field.

In the postseason opener, Galton attempted eight shots. That figure matched the entire Towson output. Galton has a career-high 16 goals, which moved her one ahead of Scolarici for the CAA lead. It also placed Galton in a tie for ninth in NCAA Division I in the latest rankings released on Nov. 3.

With 16 goals, Galton has the third-highest single-season total in program history. Scolarici set the record with 18 in 2013.

Hofstra has won three games in a row and is unbeaten in its last seven (6-0-1). The team's last loss came to JMU on Oct. 3 at home with a 3-1 defeat. Both Hofstra and JMU were ranked in the top-10 of the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic latest poll that was released on Oct. 28.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
7/5/2018 Matthew Vowinkel Men's Soccer
5/29/2018 Vito Friscia Baseball
5/16/2018 Brittany Allocca Softball
5/1/2018 Mikey Riesner Baseball
4/23/2018 John Rooney Baseball
4/17/2018 Alyssa Parrella Women's Lacrosse
4/10/2018 Courtney Scarpato Softball
4/4/2018 Brielle Pietrafesa Softball
3/6/2018 Michael Hughes Wrestling
2/27/2018 Seamus Brazill Baseball
2/21/2018 Rokas Gustys Men's Basketball
2/13/2018 Sage Heller Wrestling
2/6/2018 Marcus Smith Men's Tennis
1/29/2018 Justin Wright-Foreman Men's Basketball
1/23/2018 Desure Buie Men's Basketball
1/17/2018 Ashunae Durant Women's Basketball
1/8/2018 Vinny Vespa Wrestling
12/11/2017 Eli Pemberton Men's Basketball
12/6/2017 Michael Hughes Wrestling
11/28/2017 Aleana Leon Women's Basketball
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